96-8056. Tender Filing Instructions for the Movement of Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Materiel

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 14760]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8056]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Tender Filing Instructions for the Movement of Foreign Military 
Sales (FMS) Materiel

AGENCY: Military Traffic Management Command (MTMC), DOD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Military Traffic Management Command's (MTMC) guidance to 
the carrier industry on how to submit unsolicited transportation rates 
(voluntary tenders) for the movement of FMS materiel is as follows:
    Carriers who voluntarily agree to participate in FMS movements must 
submit a Standard Tender(s) of Freight Services MT Form 364-R numbered 
in the 300,000 series (300,000 to 399,999 inclusive) to apply to 
movement of FMS materiel only; numbered in the 400,000 series (400,000 
to 499,000 inclusive) to apply to movement of both FMS and Department 
of Defense (DOD) materiel; and, numbered according to instructions 
contained in MTMC Standard Tender Instruction Publication No. 364 to 
apply to movement of DOD material only. Tender numbers must be 
consecutively numbered.

DATES: These instructions are effective April 3, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Headquarters, Military Traffic Management Command, ATTN: 
MTOP-T-SR, Room 629 5611 Columbia Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-5050.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ms. Teresa Schoppert, MTOP-T-SR, [phone] or e-mail 
[e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Historically, shipments of FMS have moved 
using public tariff rates only. The Interstate Commerce Commission 
Termination Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-88) abolished the Interstate 
Commerce Commission, and the Trucking Industry Regulatory Reform Act of 
1994 (Public Law 103-311) repealed the requirement that motor carriers 
(other than carriers of household goods) publish and file a tariff and 
access rates contained in that tariff. As a result, tariffs are no 
longer filed by carriers with a regulatory agency, and there is, 
accordingly, no legal requirement that carries apply a tariff rate to 
FMS traffic. MTMC will now accomplish movement of FMS materiel by the 
use of tenders (MT Form 364-R). Carriers wishing to voluntarily offer 
rates for these movements should follow the guidelines published 
herein.
Gregory D. Showalter,
Army Federal Register, Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-8056 Filed 4-2-96; 8:45 am]
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